Everything College Basketball

We have finally made it! The Selection Show happened on Sunday, and we know the full field of 68 teams in this year's NCAA tournament. This is the ECB Tournament Special!We go region by region breaking down every matchup, every potential upset, every storyline, and more to help you make your Tournament picks. Coach Pera gives a heartfelt goodbye at the top of the show, Liberty PG Colin Porter joins the show to tell us what it's like to make the Big Dance, and Lennie Acuff returns to help preview his team's 1st Round opponent Oregon.It is a MASSIVE show that you do not want to miss!

The first wave of conference tournaments have begun and we have madness already! We already talking all about the Mid-Major tournaments, as well as previewing the Power 5 Conference Tournaments beginning this week!

The Gators march into Alabama and handle the Crimson Tide 99-94. Florida looks to be the most complete team in college basketball, which begs the question, Can they win it all this year? We talk about it and give our takes on another impressive Florida victory

Auburn officially clinched the SEC Championship outright on Saturday afternoon with their victory over Kentucky inside Rupp Arena, as well as getting help from Tennessee beating Alabama. St. John's dominated another Big East foe en route to the school's 1st outright title since 1985! We discuss the impact of both Championship clinching victories

We are days away from the best month of the year, MARCH! The action is about to get even more important as we turn our attention to the final week of the regular season.

Duke is coming off of a dominant blowout victory over Illinois in MSG, is it time to start looking at the Blue Devils as the favorite to cut the nets down in March? We discuss

Auburn dominated the clash of #1 vs #2 as the Tigers led the entire way against rival Alabama on Saturday. Are the Tigers trending towards history? Plus, Xavier Coach Sean Miller stops by to chat about his squad, making his ECB debut!

Saturday will be the 1st Ever 1 vs 2 battle in SEC History. #1 Auburn travels up the road to play hated rival #2 Alabama in a historic clash. We have it all covered in this episode

The Top Two teams in the nation fell on Saturday Night. We talk the impact of the losses. Dick Vitale made his long awaited return after dealing with another bout with cancer

St. John's grabs firm control of the Big East, can they actually win it? UAB's Andy Kennedy makes his ECB debut

Coach Cal marched his Razorback team in as hostile environment as you'll ever see Saturday Night in Rupp Arena and left with a shocking victory. We are dissecting how it happened and where it leaves BBN after an embarrassing defeat. Dusty May, Michigan Head Coach, joins the show at the top to talk about his talented Wolverine team. Dusty praises the development of Tre Donaldson, the start to Big Ten life and lessons he's learned in the league and chats up fun stories with Coach Pera. Plus, we preview the early week games ahead and possibly call for a couple of upsets? It's another loaded show from top to bottom that you don't want to miss!

A terrific slate of games awaits of this weekend with multiple rivalry games on tap. John Calipari returns to Rupp Arena, Duke vs UNC, Saint Mary's hosts Gonzaga, and many more. Josh & DeRosa cover all of it with full previews and predictions

Vanderbilt gets their 2nd Top 10 win in a week's time at home, this time downing #7 Kentucky in Memorial Coliseum. Does Vandy belong in the NCAA Tournament discussion now? We break it all down

Ohio State goes into Mackey Arena and stuns the Boilermakers, snapping their 26-game home win streak. We talk how they got it done. Also, we look ahead to Saturday's Top 5 clash between Tennessee & Auburn

More than 70% of the Top 25 lost this week! We are breaking down the absolute insanity of a week, including 8 teams losing on Saturday

Ole Miss goes into Tuscaloosa and dominates the Crimson Tide. In a shocker of result, we talk about how Chris Beard's men were able to neutralize the high-powered Alabama offense with their stingy defense

The NFL playoffs began this weekend, but college hoops took center stage with a variety of upsets and wild results. We are breaking down all of those and why this could be more commonplace this season

The Gators and Bulldogs get HUGE victories at home against Top 15 opponents. Florida smoked Tennessee & Georgia beat Kentucky. Are both of these threats at the top of the SEC? We discuss in this show

Conference play is officially here throughout the country. We are going through the biggest matchups of the opening night ahead of league play, as well as forecasting our predictions for the P5 leagues

West Virginia heads into Phog Allen Fieldhouse and surprises Kansas behind a massive Javon Small game. We are talking how the Mountaineers got the job done despite being short-handed.

It's the post-Christmas show and we're discussing all the happenings in college basketball as we head into a new year and conference play on the horizon

Ohio State pulls a shocker in MSG and handles Kentucky. We're talking what went wrong for the 'Cats and how this could finally spring the Buckeyes forward

We are talking a big Florida win and much more in this pre-Christmas episode

Fresh off the heels of the biggest single day of the season, we breakdown all the action from a loaded Saturday.

It's our historic 200th episode! We preview a major weekend of action coming up with a ton of high level games on Saturday. Come celebrate our milestone with us in this episode

Kentucky gets a huge win in Seattle over Gonzaga, bouncing back from an early week defeat to Clemson. We talk how Kentucky fought back from a 15 point deficit to get the win, as well as discuss all the action from the weekend

The SEC firmly established themselves as the best conference in the sport after blasting the ACC in the challenge. We review the dominance of the league and project how it may have a chance this year at the best ever title.

We are talking about the action from Feast Week and all the fallout from it. Auburn wins Maui and looks like the #1 team in the country. We break it all down in this episode

We talk about the historic performance from Marquette's Kam Jones and cover all the college basketball action from a jam-packed week.

We are talking about the huge weekend the Big Ten had with Purdue and Wisconsin securing Top 25 victories, as well as others from around the conference getting big wins. Did we undersell the conference as a whole in the preseason? We preview early week matchups including a pair of Top 25 games in Purdue/Marquette & Illinois/Alabama

Kentucky gets their 1st massive victory in the Mark Pope Era by beating Duke, rallying from a 10 point deficit to do so. We talk about what this means for the program and why expectations have shifted now. Kansas beats Michigan State on the same night in the Champions Classic, thus giving Bill Self the all-time wins leader at KU by himself. We cover both games from the Champions Classic and much more

Kansas gets a big home victory of North Carolina in a battle of Top 10 Blue Bloods. We discuss how the Jayhawks were successful inside Phog Allen Fieldhouse + more!

The first weekend of the college basketball season is here and it includes a loaded slate. Kansas vs North Carolina headlines. We cover all the action with full breakdowns and predictions

The official start of college basketball is here and the gang gets you ready with previews, breakdowns, and more

Its the first official show of the 2024-25 season for ECB and no better way to kick things off than Coach Scott Pera's debut. Coach Pera makes his debut as a full time analyst for ECB this season on this episode as we talk about all the preseason happenings ahead of the start of a new year. Tony Bennett retires Reveal of ECB Top 25 Bold Predictions New Marian University Head Coach, Pat Knight, joins the show. Coach Knight goes into detail about what brought him back to coaching, relationship with his HOF father, playing for IU, and takes viewer questions. Get your season started with ECB!

Max Barr of Southeastern 16 joins Josh to discuss the new look SEC. We give our picks for favorites, sleepers, expectations, and more!

Josh and Peyton are back in the studio after a month hiatus, this time talking all about the changes surrounding Louisville and Kentucky basketball. Both programs are entering the season with brand new coaches, players, and set of expectations. We break it all down and give our opinions on why both Card Nation AND BBN should be really excited for the 24/25 college basketball season. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

Brandon Ramsey of KSR returns to the show to talk all about the beginning of the Mark Pope era at Kentucky. What our initial reactions to the hire were? How those have changed a month later? We grade the staff assembled, breakdown every player on the roster to this point, look at what needs still need filled, and talk expectations for Year One. It's a very detailed look at the Kentucky Wildcats and how the program is moving along in the post-John Calipari days as of May 9th. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

UConn made history by winning back-to-back National Championships. We break down the win and where this puts UConn all-time. John Calipari takes the Arkansas job, where does this leave Kentucky? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

We preview the Final Four and storylines leading up to it from each team involved --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

We get you caught up from the first weekend of the tournament and all set for the Sweet 16 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

We have finally arrived! The field of 68 was revealed on Sunday evening and the ECB crew has you covered for all your bracket making needs We break down region by region and tell you where the potential upsets lay for the higher seeds, interesting paths, potential storylines to watch, and the players you need to watch out for to become the next March legend. Erik Haslam of Haslametrics.com makes his return to give his thoughts on the brackets. Listen why he thinks 1 seed Houston could be bounced in the FIRST WEEKEND, and why Kentucky may fall to 14 seed Oakland in round one. We give our Final Four predictions at the end of the show and who each of us believe is the last team standing to cut the nets down in Phoenix! Our biggest show every year does not disappoint. Sit back and enjoy over TWO HOURS of NCAA Tournament talk from your favorite college basketball media, Everything College Basketball --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

We were live on site at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship in Evansville, Indiana to watch Morehead State become the first team to punch their ticket to the field of 68. Drew Thelwell dropped 21 points in the title clinching game and he joins us at the top of the show to discuss the emotions of that win and how excited he is to get to the Big Dance. We breakdown Kentucky's impressive win over Tennessee in Knoxville and Peyton doubles down on his thoughts of Kentucky winning the natty. Houston smashed Kansas, while Hunter Dickinson gets injured, how worried about the Jayhawks are we? North Carolina sweeps Duke to clinch the outright ACC Championship, we explain why UNC should be a one seed right now and why we don't fully trust Duke in the NCAAT. Arizona drops another stinker, this time to USC to end the regular season. Do we have faith in the Wildcats? Also, we preview the Power conference tournaments set to kick off this week and explain who has the most to work to do in each of them to feel safe on Selection Sunday. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

In the mid-week edition of the ECB podcast we cover the craziness that was the ASun Quarterfinals and how a former Lipscomb player was the one to knock them out of the tournament. Purdue went into Champaign and officially clinched the outright Big Ten Championship, we explain why the Boilers are in a better spot this year as opposed to last season. Also Florida smacks Alabama, UConn dominates a Tyler Kolek-less Marquette on the road, Tennessee clinches the SEC outright title, and UNC secured a share of the ACC Championship by beating Notre Dame. We preview the final regular season weekend of games. Will Houston get payback at home versus Kansas? Two of us believe Kentucky has what it takes to beat Tennessee in Knoxville, we explain why. Who wins between UNC & Duke part 2? Plus, we give predictions for conference championship winners this weekend and bring back Bank on It! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

The calendar has flipped to March, which means the madness is upon us. In episode 179 we are discussing Caitlin Clark breaking the all-time NCAA scoring record as it happens live during the recording, Brandon Ramsey of KSR joins the show to talk about Kentucky's high-scoring win over Arkansas, Tennessee rallying from a seven-point deficit to beat Alabama on the road, Kansas losing again and how they made the wrong kind of history, Jamal Shead's game-winner to move Houston towards the Big 12 title, and more from the weekends action. We are entering the final week of regular season play, as well as some mid-major conference tournaments beginning. We take a look at Purdue-Illinois, Alabama-Florida, Tennessee-South Carolina, and UConn-Marquette games with massive conference race implications during the early part of the week, and also preview the OVC, MVC, Big South, ASun, and Sun Belt conference tournaments. The best time of the year is here and Episode 179 will get you in the March mood with the typical mix of great analysis and humor that ECB brings to you! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

We open the show up with a controversial discussion on the topic of court storms following Kyle Filipowski getting hurt after Wake Forest's upset win. Trevor explains his views in detail, after his tweets garnered strong reactions, and we try to figure out how to make court storming safer. Houston blew a 17 point lead on the road in Waco, but survived in overtime to keep their Big 12 lead in tact. We explain how it happened and if Scott Drew gave a blueprint on beating the Cougars? Kentucky steamrolls Alabama inside Rupp Arena 117-95 and continues the roller coaster ride of a season for Big Blue Nation. Can the Cats' finally string together a winning streak? UConn bounces back with a win, Kansas blows out Texas without Kevin McCullar, Arizona gets back to winning, and North Carolina wins a rock fight at Virginia. We break down all of the action from Saturday. Rounding the show out we preview upcoming early week games, discuss latest bracketology, give more nightmare matchups for NCAAT teams, and hand out well deserved shoutouts --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

Peyton and Josh cover Connecticut's destruction of Marquette and setting an AP record in the process for biggest margin of victory between Top 5 teams in the same conference. Will the Huskies go back-to-back? Kentucky goes into Neville Arena and uses its DEFENSE to stifle Auburn for a massive road victory for the 'Cats. Are the Wildcats turning the corner on the defensive end? Purdue loses to Ohio State on the road, Kansas wins on the road, plus all the other action from the weekend slate is discussed. We preview the biggest games upcoming in the early part of the week and give select teams biggest nightmare opposition to avoid come March --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

We went live at the conclusion of the Tennessee win inside Rupp Arena over #8 Kentucky to talk about the action from Saturday. Kansas says never to make them an underdog at Phog Allen Fieldhouse. North Carolina bounces back and puts on a show against hated rival Duke. Tennessee never trails on the road against Kentucky, as the Cats' defensive woes continue --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

Dallas Bowlin (All Vol Call-In Show) joins at the top of the program to help discuss the Tennessee Volunteers season and preview Saturday's SEC rivalry showdown against #8 Kentucky. Brandon Ramsey (Kentucky Sports Radio) hops on right after Bowlin to give us the Kentucky perspective on the season and keys for the 'Cats heading into Saturday against #5 Tennessee THE Rivalry writes its first chapter of the season on Saturday as #10 Duke heads down Tobacco Road to face hated rival, #3 UNC. We give the keys to victory for both Blue Blood rivals and full predictions. #4 Houston heads to Allen Fieldhouse for the first time ever as a member of the Big 12 Conference to take on #9 Kansas. We tell you why it's a must win for Kansas, and how Houston can win this mega showdown Another loaded show to get you all set for possibly the best weekend of the season! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

We have the pleasure of being joined by Lipscomb Head Coach, Lennie Acuff, to open the show up. Coach Acuff discusses his start in coaching, the transition from smaller college basketball to taking over at a mid-major, the way he recruits high school players and transfers, and also breaks down his team's opponent they'll play later in the evening, Central Arkansas. A terrific 20-minute chat with a potential tournament coach. We talk about Purdue dominating IU and what went wrong for the Hoosiers. 7 top 25 teams have lost through the early part of the week, we give our opinions on who was the most concerning. The weekend's biggest games are previewed and so much more in this loaded mid-week edition --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message

Max Barr of Southeastern14 youtube channel joins the show to talk SEC Hoops. We break down the wild Texas A&M win over Kentucky in OT, and why Kentucky's defense is struggling. Tennessee avoided a 2nd straight road upset this week, clawing back late to beat a good Georgia team. Max also talks about how bad Arkansas is, how good Auburn is, and the surprise of South Carolina being this good. We look at Kansas getting a bounce back victory over Oklahoma, Houston losing again on the road, New Mexico being our favorite in the MWC, and tell you why UNC can win a National Championship! To close the show, Josh gives you three reasons why Indiana may beat Purdue Tuesday night, previews Florida @ Tennessee, Mississippi State @ Kentucky, & Creighton @ UConn as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecbpodcast/message